Club Fonograma had LAMC fever last year when our beloved writer Blanca Méndez (a newbie back then) and guest photographer JP Abello brought the one-week experience to our personal computers. CF won't be covering this year's Latin Alternative Music Conference unfortunately, but that doesn't stop us from getting excited about it. Plenty of people we love will be there. LAMC week will run July 6-9 and, as it does every year, will bring Latin Alternative's cream of the crop to New York City. What we love about this event is that it's not only an industry forum, but [...]
CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO Just found this interview on FriendsWeLove with Choc Quib, a colombian trio delivering socially conscious hip hop for the south american masses. In this interview Choc Quib Town share the joys of touring around the world and the parallels of being home in Choco. Choc Quib Town has recently won a latin grammy for "Mejor Cancion Alternativa"(Best Alternative Song) for "De Donde Vengo Yo"...peep the video for the song below. Choc Quib Town - De Donde Vengo Yo [...]
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The amount of good performances at the Latin Grammys' gala shrinks every year, but we're not too cool to watch, it's a great night to zoom out of our Latin hipster world and see the industry as a whole. The award show (on Univision) keeps boosting its ratings, and those scores are ultimately the determining factors on who gets to perform at the show. Consider this, Univision is firing Despierta America's hosts one at a time (like every week), they even said farewell to Cristina Saralegui. Why? Deep breath, because they want to appeal to a new generation of viewers [...]
I have scheduled my days off to coincide with the Mexico schedule for World Cup 2010. Don't let me down "El Tri"! Nike and Fader have teamed up to create a South American Mixtape created by Maga Bo. Look for more of these mixtapes in the near future. Ten days and counting! Enjoy! Tracklist El Hijo de la Cumbia, "Soy El Control" (Argentina) Petrona Martinez, "Un Nino que Llora en los Montes de Maria (King Coya [...]
Mar 27, 2010, 3:00am
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Eine Ankündigung in eigener und globaler Sache: 78s.ch ist neues, stolzes Mitglied vom MAP. Die Abkürzung steht für Music Alliance Pact und ist sowas ähnliches wie ein monatlich stattfindender "Blog Song Contest". Der MAP wurde 1998 unter Federführung vom Schottischen Musikblog The Pop Cop ins Leben gerufen. Ziel der Aktion war und ist es, aus jedem [...]
Latin Grammy nominees Choc Quib Town hail from Colombia's Pacific coast. Fusing Hip-Hop with Electronica, this trio spreads a socially-conscious message and is produced by Sidestepper's Richard Blair. Today's Top Tune is from Oro , and it's called " Somos Pacifico ."
I didn't go to after hours last night. Not because I was necessarily done partying - and not even because I was excited to get back to my hotel and break into the pool. I flipped my switch... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Last night saw your faithful correspondent catching the Live Nation Latino showcase at Antone's. Walking to the venerable venue, located on the western edge of Austin's mega-downtown, was perhaps the night's hardest endeavor. Besides the previously mentioned parking troubles, and the borderline-extortionist tactics taken by virtually every vendor in the city, there were still St. Patrick's Day party-goers more than eager to solicit random high-fives, inadvertent pushing, and enthusiastic cheering for a cover band who I can only describe as "the Killers meet Journey." It was a nightmare far worse than anything I ever read in Scary Short Stories [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 36 of the world's top music blogs and webzines from 36 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 36 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. This month we picked New Delhi alternative act The Circus ' 'FOPS' as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. The song is featured on Stupid Stupid Stupid and is a pretty good measure of the [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Modular - Femme Fatale Listening to Modular's music is like a journey back to a time when lounge and space-age pop were present on almost every soundtrack and TV show. This track is their own rendition of the great song Femme Fatale by The Velvet Underground, taken from a recent free EP called Yoga Para Extraterrestres (which you can download from here ). Don't miss Requiem Para Robert Moog, another [...]
Once more, here is February's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. After the jump you'll find music from 36 nations spanning the globe. If you'd like to be considered for this feature, drop by the comments section with a link to your site and we'll forward [...]
Es 15 de Marzo y otra vez ha llegado el día de la globalización musical, ya conoces los intereses de MAP , 36 blog de 36 países rompiendo las fronteras musicales del mundo, MAP la caja de pandora llena de idiomas y estilos llega otra vez en una edición de lujo. Para este mes tenemos la participación de otro integrante de los legendaria Los Fuckin Sombreros, banda que luego de su disolución, empezó a mostrar el talento de sus fundadores, primero tuvimos a Francois Peglau y ahora al maestro Pipe Villaran [...]
Este mês mais um projecto que não passa nas rádios nacionais, os Peltzer, um projecto de Rui Gaio, que têm agora o seu primeiro EP, "Outdated", editado. Para trás fica a inclusão de temas em várias compilações e os sucessos online "The Great Ladder", "Sugar and Meals" e "Motion", que podem ouvir no MySpace da banda. O downlaod gratuito de "A Story To Tell Me", o primeiro single de "Outdated", é um exclusivo da Music Alliance Pact. [...]
Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 36 music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. Ireland is represented this month by The Cast of Cheers . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Modular - Femme Fatale Listening to Modular's music is like a journey back to a time when lounge and space-age pop were present [...]
36 songs, 36 music blogs, 36 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover Omodaka - Kyoteizinc (Video Mix) Known as an electro/techno artist, Soichi Terada teamed up with a few visual directors and has started the collaborative music project Omodaka. Omodaka's sound is characterized by the seamless mixture of Japanese traditional Geisha songs and electro music. Omodaka will appear live at the Japan Nite showcase [...]
It's the 15th of the month, Music Alliance pact day! Music Alliance Pact (MAP) is a collaboration between 36 blogs from all over the world, and every month, each of us present a new band from our country. All presentations are put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all the MAP blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! Enjoy MAP! To download all 36 songs in one zip-file click here NORWAY : Eardrums [...]
There are two ways in which you can open your senses to a multitude of music from dozens of countries in just one sitting. One is called the Eurovision Song Contest (39 nations), the other is the Music Alliance Pact (now at 36 nations this month thanks to the addition of Metal Israel ). In the most unlikely turn of events since The Pop Cop founded MAP, these two forces are about to overlap. Our Estonian counterparts Popop selected a singer called Malcolm Lincoln for December's MAP , and last [...]
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